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If business shuts the door to debate the fringe will flourish

16 August 2016

9:54 AM

16 August 2016

9:54 AM

Among the many losers of the 2016 election, big business is near the top of the list, which might teach them that you cannot outsource leadership.

Corporate chiefs have virtually vacated the field when it comes to having a meaningful role in our political debate.

They have delegated discussion to the various over resourced industry groups and lobbyists who have been shown to be as ineffectual and impotent in the new political order as the timid chieftains they are paid to represent.

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